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As the lead for ‘warning & informing’ I spend a lot of my time trying to think up new ways to engage with people and promote personal resilience far and wide, this blog being one such example. Warning and informing is basically a fancy way of saying talking to people about risks and being prepared. The biggest challenge I face … Read More

Emergency Planning Teams may have a bit of a reputation of being pessimistic old men in cardigans getting kicks out of planning disaster scenarios and watching them go wrong from behind their desks. However you might be pleasantly surprised to hear, that was some time ago. The modern emergency planner is a Category 1 responder, we have as much right … Read More

If you could imagine, a rubber ducky inside a plastic paddling pool full of water, in an emergency control centre made during the cold war. This image might not automatically trigger thoughts of a professional business continuity exercise, however that’s exactly what it was. As a local authority our approach to business continuity is a little different; 1) because we … Read More